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Ex-Japan spokesman in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono (L) and South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye shake hands before their talks in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2013. Japan may be reviewing Kono's 1993 statement that acknowledged the Japanese military's involvement in the forced recruitment of women into sexual servitude.

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S. Korean president, UNESCO head hold talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (far R) hold talks with Irina Bokova (far L), director general of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2014.

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S. Korean President Park greets UNESCO head Bokova

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (R) greets Irina Bokova, director general of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, ahead of their talks at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2014.

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Official campaign starts for S. Korea's presidential election

DAEGU, South Korea, April 17 Kyodo - South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea poses with supporters in Daegu as official campaigning begins on April 17, 2017. Polls have shown that frontrunner Moon maintains a slight lead over Ahn Cheol Soo of the People's Party in the race to replace ousted President Park Geun Hye in the May 9 election.

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Supporters anguished as former S. Korean President Park arrested

SEOUL, South Korea, March 31 Kyodo - Supporters of ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye show their emotions after seeing off a car carrying her to a Seoul detention center in the early hours of March 31, 2017. Park was detained after a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant in connection with the corruption and abuse-of-power scandal that ended her presidency.

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Rally in Seoul seeks resignation of S. Korean President Park

SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 1 Kyodo - People stage a rally in Seoul on Nov. 1, 2016, to seek the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun Hye over an influence-peddling scandal involving a longtime friend.

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Abe, Park hold 1st talks amid row over "comfort women" issue

SEOUL, Nov. 2 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun Hye ahead of their first one-on-one meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Nov. 2, 2015. (Pool photo)

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Park says she is open to "meaningful" summit with Abe

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye attends a New Year's press conference in Seoul on Jan. 12, 2015. She said she is open to a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe but that an environment should be created to make the summit "successful and meaningful."

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President Park at New Year press conference in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye gives her beginning-of-year press conference on Jan. 12, 2015, at the office of the president in Seoul.

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Japanese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers meet for talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and Cho Tae Yong, South Korea's first vice foreign minister, meet at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Dec. 29, 2014, at a time when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun Hye have still not held a one-on-one summit since taking office in 2012 and 2013, respectively, due to strained bilateral ties.

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S. Korean protesters stop car carrying Japanese reporter

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative group block a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, in front of the Seoul Central District Court in this file photo taken on Nov. 27. 2014. Kato has been indicted on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Local police sent papers on three of the protesters to prosecutors for damaging the vehicle on Dec. 24.

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S. Korea president's brother summoned over document leakage

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Ji Man (C), the younger brother of South Korean President Park Geun Hye, responds to the press in Seoul on Dec. 15, 2014. He was summoned to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office for questioning regarding the leakage of presidential document.

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S. Korean paper workers guard against prosecution raid

SEOUL, South Korea - Workers at the South Korean daily Segye Ilbo stand guard against prosecutors' possible raid under a banner reading "We will fight for freedom of the press" at its head office in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2014. The paper reported that President Park Geun Hye's former close aide had meddled in government personnel affairs.

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Japan business lobby head meets with S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun Hye ahead of their talks at the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan business lobby head meets with S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Business Federation Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara answers reporters' questions at a hotel in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2014, after holding talks with South Korean President Park Geun Hye.

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Japan, S. Korea business leaders meet in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the Japan Business Federation and the Federation of Korean Industries hold a meeting for the first time in seven years in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2014. Japanese delegates, including Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (2nd from L on the front row), are also scheduled to meet with South Korean President Park Geun Hye later in the day.

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Reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative South Korean civic group protest against a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, after Kato pleaded not guilty at the first preliminary hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April.

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing.

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing.

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East Asia Summit in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The ninth East Asia Summit is held in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Nov. 13, 2014. The participants include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun Hye, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

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East Asia Summit in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Leaders attending the ninth East Asia Summit gather for group photos in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Nov. 13, 2014. The participants include Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun Hye, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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APEC summit in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L, facing the camera) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) leave after posing for group photos along with the leaders of other member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2014, the last day of a two-day APEC summit. (Pool photo)

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APEC summit in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Combination photo shows (top) a handshake between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and (bottom) that between South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L) and Xi, in Beijing on Nov. 11, 2014 during a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Chinese Pres. Xi and S. Korean Pres. Park at APEC summit

BEIJING, China - South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L) poses for photos with Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) and his wife Peng Liyuan at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in the Chinese capital on Nov. 10, 2014, prior to a dinner party for leaders of the member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Chinese Pres. Xi and S. Korean Pres. Park at APEC summit

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye shake hands at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in the Chinese capital on Nov. 10, 2014, prior to a dinner party for leaders of the member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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China, S. Korea give green light to free trade pact

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. Meeting on the sidelines of the Nov. 10-11 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, the two leaders gave the effective go-ahead to a bilateral free trade agreement, South Korean government officials said. (Pool photo)

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Abe meets S. Korean lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui Hwa at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2014. During the talks with South Korean lawmakers led by Chung, Abe reiterated hope to hold his first one-on-one meeting with President Park Geun Hye on the sidelines of an international conference later this year.

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Japan's ex-finance chief to meet with S. Korean Pres. Park

SEOUL, South Koare - Former Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 24, 2014. During a meeting with President Park Geun Hye, Nukaga, head of a South Korea-Japan parliamentarian group, is expected to convey Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's message that he wants to improve ties with Seoul.

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Japan protests S. Korea's indictment of Japanese journalist

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kim Won Jin, minister at the South Korean Embassy in Japan, leaves Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014, after Junichi Ihara, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, lodged a protest over South Korea's indictment of the former Seoul bureau chief of a Japanese newspaper. Seoul prosecutors the previous day indicted Tatsuya Kato, 48, of the Sankei Shimbun, for allegedly defaming President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts on the day of a deadly ferry accident in April.

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S. Korea indicts Japanese journalist on defamation charges

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative civic group scuffle with riot police near a building housing the Seoul bureau of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper on Oct. 8, 2014. South Korean public prosecutors the same day indicted Sankei's former Seoul bureau chief on defamation charges over an article on President Park Geun Hye.

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S. Korea indicts Japanese journalist on defamation charges

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tatsuya Kato, the Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, appearing at a prosecutors' office in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2014, for questioning about a controversial article suspected of having defamed South Korean President Park Geun Hye. On Oct. 8, South Korean public prosecutors indicted Kato, who has since been relieved of his position as Seoul bureau chief, on defamation charges.

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Seoul protesters demand Sankei Shimbun correct article on president

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative group and others protest outside the building housing the Seoul bureau of the Sankei Shimbun Japanese newspaper on Oct. 7, 2014. They demanded the correction of an article on President Park Geun Hye over which the former bureau chief was indicted on defamation charges.

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Seoul protesters against Japan's Sankei Shimbun article

SEOUL, South Korea - Protesters confront police outside the building housing the Seoul bureau of the Sankei Shimbun Japanese newspaper on Oct. 7, 2014. They demanded the correction of an article on President Park Geun Hye over which the bureau's former chief is indicted on defamation charges.

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Sankei reporter appears at prosecutors' office again

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato (C), former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japan mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears Oct. 2, 2014, at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital. Kato, 48, was questioned a third time about an article suspected of defaming President Park Geun Hye. It is possible the investigation has entered the final stage.

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Japan, S. Korea officials meet for "strategic" talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (far R) and Cho Tae Yong (far L), South Korea's first vice foreign minister, hold talks in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014, with hopes high that their "strategic dialogue" will pave the way for a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun Hye.

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17th Asian Games kicks off

INCHEON, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye waves at the 17th Asian Games opening ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 19, 2014. Nearly 10,000 athletes will compete for 439 gold medals in 36 sports through Oct. 4.

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Former Japanese PM Mori meets with S. Korean Pres. Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye get ready for their talks on Sept. 19, 2014, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. It was the first time for Park to meet individually with a leading Japanese figure since late July. (Pool photo)

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Sankei reporter appears at prosecutors' office

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, the Seoul bureau chief of the mass circulation Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun, appears on Aug. 18, 2014, at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital. Kato, 48, was summoned for questioning to determine whether an article he penned defamed President Park Geun Hye.

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Park on war anniversary

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye makes a speech in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2014, at a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule.

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Park on war anniversary

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye makes a speech in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2014, at a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule.

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Pope Francis in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Pope Francis (L, front row) is greeted by South Korean President Park Geun Hye (next to him) upon his arrival at an airport near Seoul on Aug. 14, 2014, for a five-day visit to South Korea. It is the first visit by a pope to the country of 5.4 million Catholics in 25 years.

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Pope Francis in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Pope Francis (C) is given a bouquet of flowers upon his arrival at an airport near Seoul on Aug. 14, 2014, for a five-day visit to South Korea. South Korean President Park Geun Hye is seen at far left. It is the first visit by a pope to the country of 5.4 million Catholics in 25 years.

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Pope Francis, S. Korean President Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Pope Francis (R) waves to people after arriving at an airport near Seoul on Aug. 14, 2014, for a five-day visit to South Korea. At left is South Korean President Park Geun Hye. It is the first visit by a pope to the country of 5.4 million Catholics in 25 years.

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Tokyo Gov. Masuzoe meets with S. Korean President Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe meets with the press in Seoul, South Korea, on July 25, 2014, after meeting with South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Bilateral relations have nosedived to the worst level in years over differing views on wartime history and over the ownership of islets in the Sea of Japan.

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Masuzoe meets with S. Korean President Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe meets with the press before meeting with South Korean President Park Geun Hye in Seoul on July 25, 2014. Masuzoe, a former Diet member and health minister, arrived in Seoul earlier on July 23 for a three-day visit aimed at promoting exchanges between the capitals of the two countries.

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Chinese president in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye attend the Korea-China Investment Forum in Seoul on July 4, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Chinese president in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye attend a joint press conference in Seoul on July 3, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Chinese president in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L) attend a ceremony welcoming Xi to South Korea, in Seoul on July 3, 2014. (Pool photo)

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China's leader arrives in S. Korea on state visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) arrives in South Korea on July 3, 2014, for a two-day state visit, including a summit with his counterpart Park Geun Hye. It is the first time a Chinese president has visited South Korea before traveling to North Korea, its traditional ally, since Beijing and Seoul established diplomatic relations in 1992.

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Chinaese President Xi pays 1st visit to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jin Ping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave upon arrival at Incheon international airport in Seoul, South Korea, on July 3, 2014, for talks with South Korean President Park Geun Hye. This was Xi's first visit to South Korea.